Crime

Kasoa teen killers face judgment as Jury returns verdict today

The fate of the 15-year-old juvenile and 18-year-old young offender who are standing trial for the murder of 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdella at Kasoa...

Man sets himself ablaze after alleged attempt to kill wife fails [Video]

A man has reportedly set himself on fire after a failed attempt to kill his wife at Abeka in the Greater Accra Region. https://youtu.be/3NY7fmZ7J74   The incident...

Armed men rob Sethi Brothers in Tema

Ten heavily armed robbers have made away with an undisclosed amount of money after attacking the premises of Sethi Brothers Ghana Limited in the...

Chief arrested for allegedly spraying acid on residents

The Chief of Achiase in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Nana Oduro Sanamoah Yeboah, has been arrested for allegedly spraying acid on...

Mechanic remanded over alleged possession of forged land documents

The Accra Circuit Court Nine has remanded a 56-year-old mechanic for allegedly possessing forged land documents. Atta Alhassan was denied bail because he was arraigned...

Two nurses nabbed for illegally supplying Tramadol

Three individuals, including two men who claimed to be nurses at Walewale Government Hospital and Kumbungu health centre, were caught red-handed illegally distributing tramadol...

I heard more than 10 shots – Eyewitness recounts killing of 2 off-duty officers

Residents of Block Factory at East Trasacco in Accra say they are living in fear after two off-duty policemen were shot and killed by...

Abesim murder case adjourned to May 27

An Accra High Court has adjourned to May 27, 2024, the case of Richard Appiah, a footballer accused of killing two minors and putting...

Investigators storm murder scene of 2 policemen at East Trasacco

A team from the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has cordoned at Block Factory, East Trasacco, following the fatal shooting of two Police officers. Adom...

Police arrest 2 suspects for stealing SUV

Two yet-to-be-identified persons have been arrested for stealing a Toyota RAV 4 SUV near Buokrom in the Ashanti Region. According to eyewitnesses, the suspects gained...

Police Inspector detained for cutting off pregnant wife’s hand

A Nigerian police inspector has been detained for allegedly cutting off his pregnant wife’s hand over N3000, equivalent of GHS 30. The police man committed...

Shooting of military officer: Aggrieved Kasoa residents express worry over bad media reports

A group calling itself Concerned Residents of Kasoa in the Central region has expressed worry over the negative media reportage about their area. This follows...

Armed robbers attack MoMo agent in broad daylight at Tumu

Five unknown armed men allegedly attacked and robbed a mobile money vendor at Zongo, a suburb of Tumu in the Sissala East Municipality at...

Kasoa: One arrested over shooting of military officer

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a suspect connected to the shooting of a military officer at Kasoa in the Central Region. The military officer,...

Latest update on Kasoa military officer’s killing over land dispute

The Millennium City District Police Command has arrested one Benlord Ababio, also known as Nana Ben, the suspect in the killing of a military...

Chop bar owner fingered in 3 murder cases denies involvement

A chop bar owner alleged fingered in three murder cases has denied her involvement in the crime. She was named as the mastermind by 35-year-old...

Cryptocurrency exchange founder jailed for money laundering

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to money-laundering charges last...

Military officer shot dead over alleged land dispute

A military officer, believed to be in his late 30s, lost his life in a violent altercation over land rights at Kasoa Millennium City. Two...

19-year-old shop attendant convicted for stealing an iPhone

A 19-year-old shop attendant has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbing a student of an iPhone II valued at...

26-year-old JHS dropout sentenced to 15 years for robbery

The Old Tafo Circuit Court in the Ashanti region has sentenced 26-year-old Junior High School dropout, Kwabena Asiedu, to 15 years in prison with...

Army Major convicted for smuggling guns to Ghana

A federal jury has convicted a United States Army Major, Kojo Owusu Dartey, who has been found guilty on multiple charges related to smuggling...

Mobile money sales boy accused of over GH¢1.3m theft

Richard Okai, a 26-year-old mobile money sales boy, has been accused of stealing about GH¢ 1,385,910.3. His case is before an Adentan Circuit Court, but...

Driver and teacher in court over GH¢1million fraud

Bright Kwashie, a 32-year-old driver, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a businessman of GH¢1,058,600. Kwashie allegedly collected the money...

 Nurse who poured boiling water on husband jailed

A nurse at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Emergency Burns Unit Red Zone, Zeinab Muhammad Ali who poured boiling water on her husband has been...

Man jailed 7 years for cocoa smuggling [Photos]

The Odumase Krobo Circuit, presided over by His Honour, Judge Kwesi Apiatse Abaiddu, has handed a seven-year prison sentence to one Issifu Nyandi. He was...

Man allegedly kills stepdaughter at Nsuobri [Photos]

A middle-aged man, Amenyo, has allegedly murdered his stepdaughter at Nsuobiri in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra region. The deceased has...

EC’s stolen BVR kits, laptops: One granted bail, three still on remand

An Accra High Court has granted bail to one of the four persons nabbed over the Electoral Commission’s stolen laptops and Biometric Voter Registration...

Cleaner to stand trial over cashier’s death at Hospital

A 24-year-old cleaner, Gideon Vitlas, is to stand trial at an Accra High Court on May 22, 2024, for his alleged involvement in...

Electrician jailed five years for theft

The Adentan Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced a 20-year-old electrician to five years imprisonment for stealing electrical cables and standing fans. Yussif Abdulai...

Supervisor remanded over assault

The Accra Circuit Court Three has remanded a supervisor into police custody for allegedly stabbing a businessman with a broken bottle, and a screwdriver. Samuel...

Alleged robber before Circuit Court 

A trader has been remanded into Police custody over an alleged robbery. Joseph Atiogbe, alias Jazzy, 35, has pleaded not guilty to the offence. The Circuit...

Two men charged in UK migrant deaths investigation

Two men have been charged with immigration offences after an investigation into the deaths of five migrants, including a child, in the English Channel. Three...

Man arrested for possession of bag of marijuana

The police has arrested a man for attempting to abscond after being nabbed for possession of dried leaves suspected to be marijuana. The incident occurred...

Father jailed 10 years for burning daughter’s genital region with hot cutlass

The Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced a 47-year-old man to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for assaulting his 13-year-old daughter after accusing her...

118 inmates escape from Nigerian prison after heavy rainfall

118 inmates have escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre after a downpour on Wednesday night, April 24, caused extensive damage to the facility. This...

Charles Adu Boahen breaks silence on brother’s murder

Former Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen has found his voice following the gruesome murder of his brother, Dr Christopher...

Beige-Bank trial: Receiver did not engage financial department before collapsing bank

David O. Sogbodjor, former Finance Manager of the defunct Beige Bank has told the High Court trying the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) that the receiver during...

Two sentenced for stealing over 1,000 bags of rice

The Tema Circuit Court has sentenced two persons involved in the stealing of 1,146 bags of rice valued at GH₵846,000.00 to various terms of...

Farmer arraigned for threatening pastor after ‘stealing’ 13 bags of rice

A 39-year-old farmer accused of stealing 13 bags of rice belonging to a pastor whom he threatened to kill has been arraigned. Kwabena Seidu, alias...

‘Galamsey’: 5 Burkina Faso nationals jailed 20 years each

The Wa Circuit Court has handed down a 20-year prison sentence to each of the five Burkina Faso nationals convicted of engaging in illegal...